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Photograph of servicemen of the 24th Statistical Control Unit, U.S. Army Air Forces, and representatives of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) taking inventory in an office in Shanghai, China, circa 1940s. Identified individuals are (from left to right) P. F. Pong, manager of the IBM Shanghai office; Major Graham T. Young, commanding officer of the 24th STU; Lieutenant James E.…
Photograph of Corporal Robert L. Gabig, U.S. Army Air Forces, assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Corporal Robert L. Gabig of the U. S. Army Air Forces surveys the quagmire that leads to Base Headquarters at Kiangwan Airfield and wonders whether to back up or splash on ahead. Jap-built roads at the airfield have disintegrated into mud wallows under the…
[Corporal John E. Tobolski rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from jeep stuck in mud]
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Photograph of Corporal John E. Tobolski, U.S. Army Air Forces, rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from a jeep stuck in the mud, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Chivalry is not dead among American GIs. Corporal John E. Tobolski, U. S. AAF, plows through the mud to rescue Miss Valerie Borodin, 181 Avenue Dubail, from a jeep bogged in a mud-hole at Kiangwan Airfield.…
Photograph of student driver A. S. Novokshanoff driving a military truck through the rugged "washboard" section of the SHAD Drivers' School Course, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Shown above on the 'Washboard' section of the SHAD Drivers' School Course is a student, Mr. A. S. Novokshanoff, of Shanghai Air Depot in a 2 1/2 ton Army truck. This is one of the many difficult…
Photograph of Military Policeman Allen F. Kettering and Auxiliary Military Policeman J. V. Savine inspecting the travel documents for outgoing truck at Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Pictured above inspecting the trip ticket of an outgoing Army truck from Shanghai Air Depot are, Military Policeman Allen F. Kettering and Auxiliary Military Policeman J. V. Savine. Working in…
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen using a dump truck to spread sand over a road at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "U. S. Army Air Force Engineers start rebuilding roads at Kiangwan Airfield after heavy rain. Jap-built dirt roads became churned into quagmires and filled with deep ruts under the impact of heavy weather. All weather surfacing is being put in on many…
Photograph of Private J. V. Piazza (right, back to camera), U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940sTyped on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Pfc J. V. Piazza (right) instructs Chinese Air Force students of the 2nd Chinese Air Service Group in aircraft engine maintenance at the Shanghai Air…
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces serviceman instructing Chinese Air Force students in a workshop at the Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen at a restaurant in Shanghai, China, circa February 1946. The inscription identifies the men as Paul Nowell, M. East, and Mike.Inscription on album page: "Shanghai, China. Feb. 1946. Paul, East, Mike."Part of a series of scrapbook pages containing photographs related to Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud's service with the United States Navy, circa 1945-1946.
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen at a restaurant in Shanghai, China, circa February 1946. The inscription identifies the men as Graves and Bill Aitkin.Inscription on album page: "Shanghai, China. Feb. 1946. Graves and Aitkin."Part of a series of scrapbook pages containing photographs related to Desiree "Jerry" Clifford Michaud's service with the United States Navy, circa 1945-1946.